Camel trotting
Photograph
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904)
Muybridge was a pioneer of photographing motion. He used a bank of separate cameras to make split-second shots of animals and humans while they were moving. With this technology, he captured images of the separate stages of movement never seen before by the human eye. This Museum helped to fund Muybridge's ground-breaking series, Animal Locomotion, by agreeing to purchase a full set of prints before they were published. The glass plate here was used to produce the print.
Muybridge was a pioneer of photographing motion. He used a bank of separate cameras to make split-second shots of animals and humans while they were moving. With this technology, he captured images of the separate stages of movement never seen before by the human eye. This Museum helped to fund Muybridge's ground-breaking series, Animal Locomotion, by agreeing to purchase a full set of prints before they were published. The glass plate here was used to produce the print.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Collotype |
| Brief description | 19thC; Muybridge E, collotype, 'Camel Trotting', Side view, 788 from the series 'Animal Locomotion', 1887 |
| Physical description | Collotype featuring 16 tiled images of a camel trotting |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre, 2018-20:
Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904)
‘Camel trotting’ from Animal Locomotion
1887
Muybridge was a pioneer of photographing motion. He used a bank of separate cameras to make split-second shots of animals and humans while they were moving. With this technology, he captured images of the separate stages of movement never seen before by the human eye. This Museum helped to fund Muybridge's ground-breaking series, Animal Locomotion, by agreeing to purchase a full set of prints before they were published. The glass plate here was used to produce the print.
Glass interpositive plate; collotype
Museum nos. RPS.1219-2018, PH.1252-1889
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund |
| Summary | Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) Muybridge was a pioneer of photographing motion. He used a bank of separate cameras to make split-second shots of animals and humans while they were moving. With this technology, he captured images of the separate stages of movement never seen before by the human eye. This Museum helped to fund Muybridge's ground-breaking series, Animal Locomotion, by agreeing to purchase a full set of prints before they were published. The glass plate here was used to produce the print. |
| Associated object | RPS.1219-2018 (Object) |
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| Accession number | PH.1252-1889 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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